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# Lichfield MP keen to meet Burntwood teenager to apologise for calling her “a complete twat” on Twitter
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-keen-to-meet-burntwood-teenager-to-apologise-for-calling-her-a-complete-twat-on-twitter/
- Published: 2018-05-07T08:45:40.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-07T15:12:41.000Z
- Description: Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has said he would like to meet a Burntwood teenager to apologise for calling her “a complete twat” on social media.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:23, News

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Michael Fabricant

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has said he would like to meet a Burntwood teenager to apologise for calling her “a complete twat” on social media.

The Conservative MP made his comments to 19-year-old Darcy May after she questioned his commitment to Burntwood.

But Mr Fabricant’s post has drawn criticism from both Lib Dem and Labour councillors across his constituency, who have both called for him say sorry for his use of language.

In a new post on Twitter, Mr Fabricant said he had not meant it in the context it had been taken in.

> I would love to meet up with @Darcycanfly to apologise for a word which I did not know meant anything other than 'twit' – and for a number of other reasons too.  
> Here's why and, as I said yesterday, I hope she contacts me through letter or my website. [pic.twitter.com/ucrVBVeKok](https://t.co/ucrVBVeKok?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)  
>  
> — Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@Mike\_Fabricant) [May 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/Mike%5FFabricant/status/993165592575250432?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)

“I do apologise for calling her a ‘twat’,” he said. “I meant it in the twit sense.

“I genuinely only know Anglo Saxon swear words so was unaware of the alternative meaning.

“I would like to meet her, apologise, and explain precisely why I thought she was a troll from nowhere near my constituency, and gently point out why I thought her tweet to me was needlessly rude, inaccurate and ‘twitch’.”

Teenager Darcy has since clarified that she was not offended by the use of the words, but “did not think that anybody in a position of authority should respond with the use of bad language”.

https://twitter.com/Darcycanfly/status/993113053716795392

The latest controversy isn’t the first time Mr Fabricant has drawn criticism for his use of the word.

A number of social media posts have sprung up regarding a previous incident on live radio in 2013.

> .[@Mike\_Fabricant](https://twitter.com/Mike%5FFabricant?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) “hasn’t a clue” what “twat” means however he said it live in 2013 on the radio for which the presenter had to apologise. He then gleefully tweeted about it. Surely you can’t still claim you don’t know what the word meant? This sorry affair keeps unravelling! [pic.twitter.com/UCI0LZpdSK](https://t.co/UCI0LZpdSK?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)  
>  
> — Paul Dadge (@Dadgey) [May 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/Dadgey/status/993086527839326208?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)